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["Sam Reardon" <samreardon at hotmail_com>]

Please change email to batamjoe at yahoo_com.sg   thanks sam  



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   1. Re: 300 gallon+ planted tank (john wilder)
   2. Re: 300 gallon+ planted tank (BRiaN Forsythe)


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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:56:14 -0800
From: john wilder <j_jwilder at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [APD] 300 gallon+ planted tank
To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>

Hello

I set up a 135 gal tank about 7 months ago. I bought 29 black angels  
(25 cent size) which are all growing nicely - no casualties.  I have a  
lot of swords - 5 types which have grown huge taking over the tank.  I  
have several corkscrew vals, growing slowly and some giant sag which  
is multiplying and growing fast after a slow start.

I have compact florescents and I have them come on 2x per day to avoid  
algae and I keep decreasing the time they are on because the plants  
are growing so rapidly.

I find that I have to work on the plant trimming and pruning for an  
hour a week minimum - and I am close to elimination several plants -  
although it looks wonderful and the fish seem happy.

Oddly enough this is all doing so well in very hard, high alk water  
from our well in Nevada High desert.

Hope this helps

john
On Jan 29, 2009, at 5:50 AM, Aernie Burns wrote:

> Thanks for the response Ray,
>
> I'll talk to the electricians about metal halides. Our building is  
> an old
> one, a renovated hotel from the 30s. And I know we occasionally run  
> into
> power issues in the summer.
>
> I am thinking that I will probably look at the SA biotype setup.  
> These are
> my thoughts for fish: 6 Altum Angels, 6 Jurupari, 6 Discus, 30 Silver
> Hatchet Fish, 50 Tetras (larger type so altums don't eat them), 6  
> Bolivian
> Rams, 30 Corydoras (larger type so they don't get eaten), 6 Whiptail  
> Cats, 6
> Ancistrus.
>
> For plants I thought maybe swords. Tall ones in the back, and medium  
> ones in
> clusters in front of those. I would want to leave a decent amount of  
> open
> sand for the geophagine cichlids.
>
> I have never kept sword plants before, will they grow like crazy and  
> take
> over the tank? That 36" height is great to keep the altums in, but I  
> don't
> want to be in there weekly removing new runners. Would keeping the  
> light
> levels lower keep theit growth down to a dull roar?
>
> What are some tetras people have kept with altums? Nothing that is  
> going to
> nip their fins, and nothing that they will be able to eat. Bleeding  
> heart
> and diamond are both nice, any other suggestions?
>
> Aernie
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:50:23 -0500
From: BRiaN Forsythe <megasycophant at gmail_com>
Subject: Re: [APD] 300 gallon+ planted tank
To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>

Is that odd?  Hasn't "plants grow better in soft water" been generally
debunked?  It's my understanding that there are only a few species that
actually prefer acid water.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:56 PM, john wilder <j_jwilder at verizon.net> wrote:

> Oddly enough this is all doing so well in very hard, high alk water from
> our well in Nevada High desert.
>


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